Scarlet Fire® Dogwood Tree

This is the first Cornus kousa variety released in over 45 years of breeding where Rutgers plant breeder, Dr. Tom Molnar, continued the decades of work started in the 1970s by renowned breeder and professor emeritus Dr. Elwin Orton.

Scarlet Fire® is a deep pink-to-fuchsia bracted dogwood tree, known for its deep, consistently pink bracts that contrast beautifully with its dark green foliage. This tree blooms from late May to early June, making it one of the latest-blooming dogwood tree varieties developed at Rutgers NJAES.

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